Fuller
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Fuller may refer to:
- People with the surname Fuller (surname)Fuller (surname)Fuller is a surname referring to someone who treats wool with the process called Fulling and may refer to:...
- Fuller, a worker who cleanses wool through the process of fullingFullingFulling or tucking or walking is a step in woolen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker. The worker who does the job is a fuller, tucker, or walker...
- Fuller's Brewery in London
- Fuller's earthFuller's earthFuller's earth is any non-plastic clay or claylike earthy material used to decolorize, filter, and purify animal, mineral, and vegetable oils and greases.-Occurrence and composition:...
, clay used for filtering and purifying - Fuller (weapon)Fuller (weapon)A fuller is a rounded or beveled groove or slot in the flat side of a blade . A fuller is often used to lighten the blade, much in the way that an I-beam shape allows a given amount of strength to be achieved with less material...
, groove in a knife or sword blade, to lighten and stiffen the blade - USS FullerUSS FullerUSS Fuller may refer to:, a destroyer commissioned in 1920 and wrecked in the Honda Point Disaster in 1923, a transport commissioned in 1941 and decommissioned in 1946...
, the name of two ships of the U.S. Navy - Fuller, CaliforniaFuller, CaliforniaFuller is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad north-northwest of Holtville, at an elevation of 69 feet below sea level....
, in Imperial County - Fuller Brush CompanyFuller Brush CompanyThe Fuller Brush Company sells branded and private label products for personal care as well as commercial and household cleaning; it is a subsidiary of CPAC Inc., which since 2007 has been owned by the private equity group Buckingham Capital Partners. Fuller Brush was founded in 1906, by Alfred...
- Fuller (metalworking)Fuller (metalworking)In metalworking, a fuller is a tool used to form metal when hot. The fuller has a rounded, either cylindrical or parabolic, nose, and may either have a handle or a shank . The shank of the lower fuller allows the fuller to be inserted into the hardy hole of the anvil...
, a tool used to form metal when hot - Fuller Theological SeminaryFuller Theological SeminaryFuller Theological Seminary is an accredited Christian educational institute with its main campus in Pasadena, California and several satellite campuses in the western United States...
, the largest multi-denominational seminary in the world, located in Pasadena, CaliforniaPasadena, CaliforniaPasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...